The bowl is an elegant low curved shape. The plinth is similar to the large version found with other Jobling sets, but, if my recollection is correct, it has a reversed fitting, i.e. a raised central area around which the footring of the bowl fits.

I think both Sunderland Museum and Broadfield House Glass Museum have examples in their collections.

Tony, that image you have put up is the picture from a 1937 or later trade catalogue, also reproduced in Baker & Crowe, with all the text replaced by an abbreviated version. Why someone did that is a mystery to me! It cannot be for copyright reasons as the 1937 catalogue came out of copyright at midnight on Dec. 31 1986, assuming its launch in time for the season starting Christmas 1936. Its reproduction in Baker & Crowe does not change its copyright status.

Images in the Jobling trade catalogues are just artist's drawings, not photographs, and so vary in quality and accuracy. That is why I started "Looks like ...", in case it is not a Jobling crinoline lady.

I was going to suggest that you contact the two museums with your query, but that seemed like a fairly obvious next step, so I felt it unnecessary to say so.

Bernard.I sent an email to Broadfield House with a photo of my Crinoline Lady, here is a copy of the reply.

Dear Tony Hodgson

Thanks for your email about your crinoline lady figurine.

I have looked at your photograph and, as you say, there are considerable differences between your crinoline lady and the one illustrated in the Jobling catalogue (presume you are referring to the catalogue published by Tyne and Wear Museums in 1985?). I doubt whether Jobling would have produced two different models, so my feeling is that your figurine is unlikely to have been made by Jobling. Jobling got quite a few of their ideas for pressed glass from the continent of Europe, so I suspect that your figurine is probably a continental example, perhaps Czechoslovakian, which Jobling used as the inspiration for their own version.

We have one of the Jobling crinoline ladies in our collection, and I attach a photograph. The figure is 9.5 ins high (24 cms) and is not marked.

I hope this information is of use.

Yours sincerely

Roger DodsworthBroadfield House Glass MuseumStourbridge, UK

PS Sorry, can't attach the image because of technical problems. Will do so when sorted out.

Tony, I can't provide the info on who made these ladies, but I can tell you that I own the twin sister to the one you purchased yesterday! Mine is identical in every way to your Lady #2 and was found in the UK.